Skemmdegi 2015-16

25 Artists from all over the world.

3 months during winter in Ólafsfjörður ,North Iceland.

1 month of showcase from 28 January - 21 February 2016.

 

Listhus Artspace is proud to present Skammdegi Festival 2016, an annual festival of music, visual arts and mixed media created by international artists. A total of 25 artists were selected from 71 applications from all over the world. The Festival is in its second year, and aims to bring innovative works to local Icelandic and international audience.

 

You are cordially invited to the opening group exhibition on 28 January 2016, Thursday, 7pm at Listhus Gallery, Ólafsfjörður ,North Iceland. 11 of the participating artists will be showcasing their works during the opening exhibition.

 

Festival Highlights

 

The Key Man

Banana Effect, a theatre group from Hong Kong, presents The Key Man, an Immersive Game Theatre combining shadow puppet elements on 29 January 2016, Friday, 7pm at Menningarhús Tjarnarborg, Ólafsfjörður ,North Iceland . There will be participation from the local students who have participated in the workshops prior to the performance as well.

 

Open House

There will be a guided tour on 14 February 2016, Sunday, to selected houses of locals living in Ólafsfjörður in which visitors will have a sneak peak at the art collections and their own artworks.

 

Music Soup

During the closing of the Festival on 21 February 2016, Sunday, there will be an informal concert, in which anyone is welcomed to join and perform music, inspired by the dark winter.

Skammdegi 15-16 Poster

Participating Artists​

                On Yin Cha, King Ho Wong, On Lap Chan 

                Jamie Scott Gordon (Edinburgh, Scotland) | actor/director

                Alkisti Terzi  (Greek) | photographer

  • Judy b  (San Francisco, USA) | writer and audio book producer

  • Ksenia Yurkova  (St. Petersburg, Russia) | cinematographer

  • NKS (Canada) | visual artist: Natalia Kalicki, Samuel Cousin

  • Noemi Niederhauser (London, UK/Switzerland) | visual artist

  • Rachel Beetz  (California,  USA) | musician

  • Ruan Suess (Scotland) | cinematographer
  • Safiah Sulaiman (Singapore) | visual & performance/ festival management ​​

  • Scott Probst (New South Wales, Australia) | writer and visual artist

  • Will Plowman (Bristol, UK) | musician

Programs

Waves and Velocities

~Sonic Interpretations of the Dark Winter

by Will Plowman, Devon Tipp, Laura Campbell & Adam Sloan (Friend Or Foe)

 

06.02.2016 | 20:00 | Menningarhús Tjarnarborg

 

   

Adam Sloan and Laura Campbell are part of Friend or Foe, a collective of artists and musicians who create and experiment with immersive interactive live performance using sound, music, film and light, wrapped around themes and stories connected with love and death, memories and dreams, myths and nature, people and places.

www.friend-or-foe.info

 

 

From the origins of a bassist Will Plowman has developed and diversified his sound, experimenting with electronic instrumentation, composition and soundscapes. This has lead to the creation of a number of releases on a number of different labels including his own 'A Future Without'. Plowman's work is essentially about capturing a moment in time and portraying that moment to the listener, heightening their senses and immersing them in an altered reality.

http://www.willplowman.com/

 

Devon Tipp, a New York based composer/bassoonist (also known as Yasamune Toyotomi), creates unorthodox musical environments from ostensibly incompatible realms. He is equally at home composing for deconstructed western woodwinds, folk instruments, the Harry Partch instruments or orchestra, drawing influence from rich Japanese and Eastern European roots, alongside experiences in Nordic countries. His compositions have been performed in the U.S., Switzerland, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Germany, China and Japan.

www.greengiraffemusic.com;

https://soundcloud.com/devon-yasamune-toyotomi